Joaquin Phoenix to play the Joker in Martin Scorsese’s upcoming movie

Stop everything – the American actor is set to be the next to portray the Joker in a solo movie by Todd Phillips, produced by Martin Scorsese.

Attention, fans of the DC universe – after months of rumours, it’s finally been confirmed that Joaquin Phoenix will play the role of the Joker in the next movie released by Todd Phillips and produced by Martin Scorsese. The solo movie will explore the Joker’s mysterious upbringing in Gotham at the start of the 1980s. Filming begins this September in New York, with another film about the Joker, with Jared Leto, also in the works.